Walkers Nurseries Limited
Registered name: WALKERS NURSERIES LIMITED
Walkers Nurseries Limited made £5.3m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2023.
Walkers Nurseries Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £5.3m in the year to 31 Jan 2023, with £1m profit and 62 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds, fertilizers, pet animals and pet food in specialised stores” and is based in Doncaster; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.8m | £5.3m |
| Cost of sales | £2.7m | £2.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £1m |
| Staff costs | £805k | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 50 | 62 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 21.1% | 19.6% |
| Gross margin | 45.2% | 50.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £96.7k | £84.9k |
| Profit per employee | £20.4k | £16.7k |
| Cash conversion | −115.4% | −86.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲24% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £4.3m | £5.3m |
| Fixed assets | £3.8m | £4.2m |
| Current assets | £1.8m | £2.1m |
| Debtors | £4.5k | £98.5k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.4m | −£926k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 19.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £84.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −86.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 78.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲23%
- Now £5.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▲24%
- Now 62
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲9%
- Now £4.2m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2023 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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